Qualifier Nandini Sharma battled her way past Amrita Mukherjee 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-2 in the first round of the $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
Second seed Dhruthi Venugopal defeated the big-serving Asha Nandakumar who struggled by serving 11 double-faults. Dhruthi led 5-1 and 5-2 in the two sets before cruising home.
Eighth seed Riya Bhatia handled the talented left-hander, qualifier Saumya Vig, with competence in the second set in which the latter fought hard to be on par till 5-5, after having been blanked in the first set.
The results: Singles (first round): Ching-Wen Hsu (Tpe) bt Rashmi Teltumbde 6-4, 6-1; Nandini Sharma bt Amrita Mukherjee 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-2; Snehadevi Reddy bt Vaniya Dangwal 6-0, 6-1; Bhuvana Kalva bt Vanshika Sawhney 6-0, 6-3; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Moulika Ram 6-2, 6-0; Riya Bhatia bt Saumya Vig 6-0, 7-5; Sharrmadaa Baluu bt Soha Sadiq 6-2, 6-3; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Arantxa Andrady 6-0, 6-3; Arthi Muniyan bt Mahrukh Kokni 6-0, 6-1; Dhruthi Venugopal bt Asha Nandakumar 6-2, 6-4.
